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Annie Warburton Goodrich papers

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at the University of Pennsylvania. Unless
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Annie Warburton Goodrich is best known for establishing the United States Student Nurse Reserve, more commonly known as the
Army School of Nursing, in 1918-1919. She later became the first dean of the Yale University School of Nursing. Her papers
include files of organizations with which she associated, biographical material, miscellaneous documents, and photographs.
The collection also includes a typed manuscript of Harriett Rose (Berger) Koch's biography,
America's Militant Angel.

Cite as:

Annie Warburton Goodrich papers, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Biography/History

Annie Warburton Goodrich (1866-1954) trained at New York Hospital School of Nursing from 1890 to 1892. Following her training,
she went on to become head nurse at New York Hospital. Goodrich held a number of supervisory positions in New York City including
the Post-Graduate Hospital, St.Luke's Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, Allied Hospital, and Visiting Nurse Service of Henry Street
Settlement. She also taught in the Department of Nursing and Health at Teachers College, Columbia University. From 1914 until
1923, Goodrich served as an inspector of training schools for the New York State Department of Education. Goodrich established
the United States Student Nurse Reserve, more commonly known as the Army School of Nursing, in 1918-1919. In 1923, she became
1st Dean of the new Yale University School of Nursing begun with money from Rockefeller Foundation. In 1935, now Dean Emerita,
she spent a year helping the now University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing serving as Special Lecturer on Nursing Education.

Scope and Contents

Goodrich's papers constitute 1.25 linear feet and include files of organizations with which she associated, biographical material,
miscellaneous documents, and photographs. The collection is particularly strong in documenting her role as dean of the Army
School of Nursing and Yale University School of Nursing.

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Collection Inventory

Series 1. Organizations, 1913-1938.

Scope and Contents note

This series consists of records that document the organizations with which Goodrich was active. There is one brief file documenting
her work as an inspector of training schools for the New York State Department of Education. The United States Student Nurse
Reserve, more commonly known as the Army School of Nursing, is represented with reproductions from the National Archives.
The files representing Goodrich's work at Yale University School of Nursing consist of reports relating to the establishment
of the school, lectures delivered in class and at professional meetings, reports prepared for the Connecticut's Board of Examination
and Registration of Nurses, and the proceedings of a 1938 National Health Conference.

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New York State Nurses' Association, "Report of the Inspector for the Year Ending 1913".

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United States Student Nurse Reserve (Army School of Nursing).

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Correspondence and Memoranda, 1918.

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Reports.

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The Contribution of the Army School of Nursing.

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The History of the Army School of Nursing.

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Report of the Plan and Creation of the Army School of Nursing.

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Yale University School of Nursing.

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Development.

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Lectures.

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The Fundamental Principles Underlying the Training of the Nurse forPublic Health Work, 1931.

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Education Verses Training, 1931.

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Community Responsibility, circa 1932.

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Session I. Community Nursing - The Patient.

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Session II. Community Nursing - The Nurse.

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Session III. Community Nursing - The Nurse of Tomorrow.

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The Evolution of Nursing Education, undated.

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How the Nurse Can Contribute the Service the Public Expects, undated.

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A New Emphasis in Nursing Education, undated.

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Connecticut Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses, "Reports of Visits to Yale School of Nursing", 1935.

Series 2. Biographical, 1949-1955.

Scope and Contents note

This series includes the unpublished biography of Annie Goodrich by Harriet Rose Berger. In addition to the Berger manuscript,
this series also contains some of Berger's general files and correspondence.

Series 3. Miscellaneous Documents, 1930-1948.

Series 4. Photographs, 1871-circa 1950s.

Scope and Contents note

The photographs that make up this collection are arranged chronologically and consist of her early life through training at
New York Hospital, the Army School of Nursing, the 1935 Rockefeller tour of Europe, Western Reserve University, Atlantic City,
NJ, Yale University School of Nursing and her retirement.

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Early Life, 1871-circa 1905.

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United States Student Nurse Reserve (Army School of Nursing), circa 1919.